Engineers perform well as season nears its end
Men’s Baseball (20-11-1) won three out of four games last week. They advanced to the NEWMAC Championship series that will be held this weekend.
MIT wins spring 2017 International Karate Shotokan Cup
The MIT Shotokan Karate club hosted its first Shotokan cup with the Harvard Shotokan Karate club this past weekend on Saturday Apr. 22, 2017. Participants came from MIT, Harvard, BU, Tufts, UMass Dartmouth, Cornell, UConn, and the University of Toronto. With consistently strong performance across many of the divisions, the MIT Shotokan Karate club was able to secure a win.
Engineers keep fighting as spring season continues on
Men’s Baseball (17-10-1) went 4-1 last week defeating Emerson College, Roger Williams University and two of three games against Wheaton College
Ups and downs highlight April for the Engineers
Men's Lacrosse (7-4) broke a winning streak by dropping a tough one to Clark 11-10.
Women’s club water polo heading to nationals for the first time in nine years
The Women’s Club Water Polo Team’s Championship Tournament was held this past weekend at the Zesiger Center. The MIT team beat their crosstown rival Wellesley College to win the championship.
Spring sports succeeding in mid-April
Men’s Baseball (11-5) went 4-2 last week playing two games against Clark University, Springfield College and Emerson College each. They split the series against Clark and Springfield and managed to sweep Emerson.
MIT softball looks to continue strong play of last season despite dropping opener
Assisted by a strong senior class, the Engineers finished fifth overall in the nation. Last season stands as the most successful in program history.
Teams start the month with a tight set of games
Men’s Baseball (8-4) split their NEWMAC doubleheader against Clark University. The Engineers lost the first game 21-5 but bounced back with a 11-1 second game victory.
Jen Williams talks team culture, a coach’s life
In the final segment of ‘Coach focus’, softball head coach Jen Williams talks about efforts made by her coaching staff to build team culture, challenges faced by coaches at MIT, and how to evaluate success in a process-driven program.
Reaching for the SumMIT
This past weekend, the MIT Outing Club hosted SumMIT (ΣMIT), its annual bouldering competition, at the MIT climbing wall in Walker Memorial. There were 75 competitors across the recreational, intermediate, and advanced men’s and women’s divisions. The competition was run in a red point format, where competitors climbed for two hours and were ranked based on the cumulative points of their top four climbs.
MIT swim and dive team breaks 12 NEWMAC records at NCAA DIII Championships
The MIT Swim and Dive Men’s and Women’s teams finished eighth and fifth respectively at the 2017 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving National Championships held in Shenandoah, Texas last week, with the women’s team finishing in the highest place ever in program history.
Engineers rise and fall
Men's baseball (3-3) highlighted their first half of march with a blowout win in their only appearance of the season against Stevens Institute of Technology, shutting them out 14-0.
Jen Williams discusses MIT softball’s road to success
MIT softball had its most successful season in program history last season in which they finished fifth in the Division III College World Series (WS).
Taekwondo takes second place at Princeton
The MIT Sport Taekwondo team kicked off its spring season at the Princeton tournament of the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC). With strong showings across all belt groups, the team seized second place with 427 points, their best performance in two years.
Engineers baseball splits opener at Texas Lutheran
MIT baseball started off the season on Mar. 5 with a double-header against the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs. The Engineers finished with a .500 record after Sunday’s games, winning the first 3–2 and dropping the second 4–8. The games showcased an impressive freshman class, including catcher Thomas Allison and third baseman Tony Rice.
MIT starts March with a mix of ups and downs
Women’s Lacrosse (1-1) split their first two games of the season. They won handily against Keene State College 24-16 but lost 12-5 to Tufts.
MIT alum teaches Shotokan principles and philosophy
MIT Shotokan Karate club hosts Harvard
MIT sports close out February on a good note
MIT sports close out February on a good note.
The Engineers continue to enjoy a spectacular month
Men’s Volleyball (15-3) went undefeated this week with four wins over Emerson College, Kean University, Elms College, and John Jay College. The Engineers didn’t lose a single set, going 3-0 in all of their matches.
MIT Figure Skating Club finishes seventh with six medals at home rink
The MIT Figure Skating Club hosted the first Eastern Intercollegiate Figure Skating Team Competition of this season on February 4-5, 2017. Skaters representing 30 different colleges from across the East Coast came to the Johnson Athletics Center to compete. Boston University won the competition with 84 points, followed closely by the University of Delaware with 80 points. Dartmouth College came in 3rd with 66 points, while MIT earned 23 points to place 7th overall.